class MainClass
    {
        class Student
        {
            public string Name { get; set; }
            public int Age { get; set; }
        }
        static void Main()
        {
            List<Student> s = new List<Student>() { 
            new Student(){Name="A",Age=12},
            new Student(){Name="B",Age=10},
            new Student(){Name="A",Age=5},
            new Student(){Name="A",Age=6},
            }.ToList();
            var model = s.Where(x => x.Name.Contains("A")).Distinct().OrderBy(x => x.Age).ToList();
            Console.Read();
        }
    }

• Cast
• OfType
  

 ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();

  myList.Add( "Value1" );
  myList.Add( "Value2" );
  myList.Add( "Value3" );

  var myCollection = myList.Cast<string>();

   ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();

    myList.Add( "Value1" );
    myList.Add( 10 );
    myList.Add( 10.2 );

   var myCollection = myList.Cast<string>();

ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();

myList.Add( "Value1" );
myList.Add( 10 );
myList.Add( 10.2 );
           
 var doubleNumber = myList.OfType<double>().Single();
 var integerNumber = myList.OfType<int>().Single();
 var stringValue = myList.OfType<string>().Single();

dotnet add package FluentValidation.AspNetCore

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModel
    {
        [Required]
        [Display(Name = "User name")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Password")]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
        [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "The password and confirmation password do not match.")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
        [Display(Name = "Email")]
        [EmailAddress]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Range(18, 60)]
        [Display(Name = "Age")]
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.UserName).NotNull();
            RuleFor(x => x.Password).NotNull().Length(6, 100);
            RuleFor(x => x.ConfirmPassword).Equal(x => x.Password);
            RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddress();
            RuleFor(x => x.Age).InclusiveBetween(18, 60);
        }
    }
}

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModel
    {
        [Display(Name = "User name")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Password")]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
        [Display(Name = "Email")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Display(Name = "Age")]
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.UserName)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your first name is required.")
                .MaximumLength(20)
                    .WithMessage("Your first name is too long!")
                .MinimumLength(3)
                    .WithMessage(registerModel => $"Your first name `{registerModel.UserName}` is too short!");

            RuleFor(x => x.Password)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
                .Length(6, 100);

            RuleFor(x => x.ConfirmPassword)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your confirmation password is required.")
                .Equal(x => x.Password)
                    .WithMessage("The password and confirmation password do not match.");

            RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddress();
            RuleFor(x => x.Age).InclusiveBetween(18, 60);
        }
    }
}

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.Password)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
                .Length(6, 100)
                .Must(password => hasValidPassword(password));
            //...

        }

        private static bool hasValidPassword(string password)
        {
            var lowercase = new Regex("[a-z]+");
            var uppercase = new Regex("[A-Z]+");
            var digit = new Regex("(\\d)+");
            var symbol = new Regex("(\\W)+");
            return lowercase.IsMatch(password) &&
                    uppercase.IsMatch(password) &&
                    digit.IsMatch(password) &&
                    symbol.IsMatch(password);
        }
    }
}

RuleFor(x => x.Password)
    .NotNull()
        .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
    .Length(6, 100)
    .Must(hasValidPassword);

using System;
using FluentValidation;
using FluentValidation.Validators;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class EmailFromDomainValidator : PropertyValidator
    {
        private readonly string _domain;

        public EmailFromDomainValidator(string domain)
            : base("Email address {PropertyValue} is not from domain {domain}")
        {
            _domain = domain;
        }

        protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
        {
            if (context.PropertyValue == null) return false;
            var split = context.PropertyValue.ToString().Split('@');
            return split.Length == 2 && split[1].Equals(_domain, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
        }
    }
}

RuleFor(x => x.Email)
    .SetValidator(new EmailFromDomainValidator("gmail.com"));

    public static class CustomValidatorExtensions
    {
        public static IRuleBuilderOptions<T, string> EmailAddressFromDomain<T>(
            this IRuleBuilder<T, string> ruleBuilder, string domain)
        {
            return ruleBuilder.SetValidator(new EmailFromDomainValidator(domain));
        }
    }

RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddressFromDomain("gmail.com");

    public class RegisterModel
    {
        // ...

        public Address Address { get; set; }

        public ICollection<Phone> Phones { get; set; }
    }

    public class Phone
    {
        public string Number { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
    }

    public class Address
    {
        public string Location { get; set; }
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
    }

    public class PhoneValidator : AbstractValidator<Phone>
    {
        public PhoneValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.Number).NotNull();
        }
    }

    public class AddressValidator : AbstractValidator<Address>
    {
        public AddressValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.PostalCode).NotNull();
            RuleFor(x => x.Location).NotNull();
        }
    }

    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            // ...

            RuleFor(x => x.Address).SetValidator(new AddressValidator());

            RuleForEach(x => x.Phones).SetValidator(new PhoneValidator());
        }

 PM> install-package Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.Optimization;
 
namespace MvcPluginMasterApp.Common.WebToolkit
{
    public class EmbeddedResourceTransform : IBundleTransform
    {
        private readonly IList<string> _resourceFiles;
        private readonly string _contentType;
        private readonly Assembly _assembly;
 
        public EmbeddedResourceTransform(IList<string> resourceFiles, string contentType, Assembly assembly)
        {
            _resourceFiles = resourceFiles;
            _contentType = contentType;
            _assembly = assembly;
        }
 
        public void Process(BundleContext context, BundleResponse response)
        {
            var result = new StringBuilder();
 
            foreach (var resource in _resourceFiles)
            {
                using (var stream = _assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resource))
                {
                    if (stream == null)
                    {
                        throw new KeyNotFoundException(string.Format("Embedded resource key: '{0}' not found in the '{1}' assembly.", resource, _assembly.FullName));
                    }
 
                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                    {
                        result.Append(reader.ReadToEnd());
                    }
                }
            }
 
            response.ContentType = _contentType;
            response.Content = result.ToString();
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcPluginMasterApp.Plugin1
{
    public class Plugin1 : IPlugin
    {
        public EfBootstrapper GetEfBootstrapper()
        {
            return null;
        }
 
        public MenuItem GetMenuItem(RequestContext requestContext)
        {
            return new MenuItem
            {
                Name = "Plugin 1",
                Url = new UrlHelper(requestContext).Action("Index", "Home", new { area = "NewsArea" })
            };
        }
 
        public void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
        {
            var executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            // Mostly the default namespace and assembly name are the same
            var assemblyNameSpace = executingAssembly.GetName().Name;
            var scriptsBundle = new Bundle("~/Plugin1/Scripts",
                new EmbeddedResourceTransform(new List<string>
                {
                    assemblyNameSpace + ".Scripts.test1.js"
                }, "application/javascript", executingAssembly));
            if (!HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled)
            {
                scriptsBundle.Transforms.Add(new JsMinify());
            }
            bundles.Add(scriptsBundle);
            var cssBundle = new Bundle("~/Plugin1/Content",
                new EmbeddedResourceTransform(new List<string>
                {
                    assemblyNameSpace + ".Content.test1.css"
                }, "text/css", executingAssembly));
            if (!HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled)
            {
                cssBundle.Transforms.Add(new CssMinify());
            }
            bundles.Add(cssBundle);
            BundleTable.EnableOptimizations = true;
        }
 
        public void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
        }
 
        public void RegisterServices(IContainer container)
        {
        }
    }
}
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Routing;
 
namespace MvcPluginMasterApp.Common.WebToolkit
{
    public class EmbeddedResourceRouteHandler : IRouteHandler
    {
        private readonly Assembly _assembly;
        private readonly string _resourcePath;
        private readonly TimeSpan _cacheDuration;
 
        public EmbeddedResourceRouteHandler(Assembly assembly, string resourcePath, TimeSpan cacheDuration)
        {
            _assembly = assembly;
            _resourcePath = resourcePath;
            _cacheDuration = cacheDuration;
        }
 
        IHttpHandler IRouteHandler.GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext)
        {
            return new EmbeddedResourceHttpHandler(requestContext.RouteData, _assembly, _resourcePath, _cacheDuration);
        }
    }
 
    public class EmbeddedResourceHttpHandler : IHttpHandler
    {
        private readonly RouteData _routeData;
        private readonly Assembly _assembly;
        private readonly string _resourcePath;
        private readonly TimeSpan _cacheDuration;
 
        public EmbeddedResourceHttpHandler(
            RouteData routeData, Assembly assembly, string resourcePath, TimeSpan cacheDuration)
        {
            _routeData = routeData;
            _assembly = assembly;
            _resourcePath = resourcePath;
            _cacheDuration = cacheDuration;
        }
 
        public bool IsReusable
        {
            get { return false; }
        }
 
        public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
        {
            var routeDataValues = _routeData.Values;
            var fileName = routeDataValues["file"].ToString();
            var fileExtension = routeDataValues["extension"].ToString();
 
            var manifestResourceName = string.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}", _resourcePath, fileName, fileExtension);
            var stream = _assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(manifestResourceName);
            if (stream == null)
            {
                throw new KeyNotFoundException(string.Format("Embedded resource key: '{0}' not found in the '{1}' assembly.", manifestResourceName, _assembly.FullName));
            }
 
            context.Response.Clear();
            context.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
            cacheIt(context.Response, _cacheDuration);
            stream.CopyTo(context.Response.OutputStream);
        }
 
        private static void cacheIt(HttpResponse response, TimeSpan duration)
        {
            var cache = response.Cache;
 
            var maxAgeField = cache.GetType().GetField("_maxAge", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
            if (maxAgeField != null) maxAgeField.SetValue(cache, duration);
 
            cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
            cache.SetExpires(DateTime.Now.Add(duration));
            cache.SetMaxAge(duration);
            cache.AppendCacheExtension("must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate");
        }
    }
}

namespace MvcPluginMasterApp.Plugin1
{
    public class Plugin1 : IPlugin
    { 
        public void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            //todo: add custom routes.
 
            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            // Mostly the default namespace and assembly name are the same
            var nameSpace = assembly.GetName().Name;
            var resourcePath = string.Format("{0}.Images", nameSpace);
 
            routes.Insert(0,
                new Route("NewsArea/Images/{file}.{extension}",
                    new RouteValueDictionary(new { }),
                    new RouteValueDictionary(new { extension = "png|jpg" }),
                    new EmbeddedResourceRouteHandler(assembly, resourcePath, cacheDuration: TimeSpan.FromDays(30))
                ));
        } 
    }
}

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "From Plugin 1";
}
@Styles.Render("~/Plugin1/Content")
 
<h2>@ViewBag.Message</h2>
 
<div class="row">
    Embedded image:
    <img src="@Url.Content("~/NewsArea/Images/chart.png")" alt="clock" />
</div>
 
@section scripts
{
    @Scripts.Render("~/Plugin1/Scripts")
}

dotnet tool update -g Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Cli
libman init
libman install bootstrap --provider unpkg --destination wwwroot/lib/bootstrap
libman install open-iconic --provider unpkg --destination wwwroot/lib/open-iconic

@import url('open-iconic/font/css/open-iconic-bootstrap.min.css');

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>BlazorServer.App</title>
    <base href="~/" />
    <link href="lib/open-iconic/font/css/open-iconic-bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="BlazorServer.App.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class HotelRoom
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public int Occupancy { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public decimal RegularRate { get; set; }

        public string Details { get; set; }

        public string SqFt { get; set; }

        public string CreatedBy { get; set; }

        public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;

        public string UpdatedBy { get; set; }

        public DateTime UpdatedDate { get; set; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Entities\BlazorServer.Entities.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="5.0.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="5.0.3">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using BlazorServer.Entities;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace BlazorServer.DataAccess
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<HotelRoom> HotelRooms { get; set; }

        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        { }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.DataAccess\BlazorServer.DataAccess.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="5.0.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="5.0.3">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...
 
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            var connectionString = Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));

            // ...

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=HotelManagement;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
  }
}

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.3
dotnet build
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ add Init --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public record HotelRoomDTO
    {
        public int Id { get; init; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter the room's name")]
        public string Name { get; init; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter the occupancy")]
        public int Occupancy { get; init; }

        [Range(1, 3000, ErrorMessage = "Regular rate must be between 1 and 3000")]
        public decimal RegularRate { get; init; }

        public string Details { get; init; }

        public string SqFt { get; init; }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Entities\BlazorServer.Entities.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorServer.Models\BlazorServer.Models.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="8.1.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using AutoMapper;
using BlazorServer.Entities;

namespace BlazorServer.Models.Mappings
{
    public class MappingProfile : Profile
    {
        public MappingProfile()
        {
            CreateMap<HotelRoomDTO, HotelRoom>().ReverseMap(); // two-way mapping
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddAutoMapper(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies());

            // ...

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using BlazorServer.Models;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public interface IHotelRoomService
    {
        Task<HotelRoomDTO> CreateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO);

        Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomAsync(int roomId);

        IAsyncEnumerable<HotelRoomDTO> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync();

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId);

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name);

        Task<HotelRoomDTO> UpdateHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO);
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AutoMapper;
using AutoMapper.QueryableExtensions;
using BlazorServer.DataAccess;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomService : IHotelRoomService
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _dbContext;
        private readonly IMapper _mapper;
        private readonly IConfigurationProvider _mapperConfiguration;

        public HotelRoomService(ApplicationDbContext dbContext, IMapper mapper)
        {
            _dbContext = dbContext ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dbContext));
            _mapper = mapper ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mapper));
            _mapperConfiguration = mapper.ConfigurationProvider;
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> CreateHotelRoomAsync(HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO)
        {
            var hotelRoom = _mapper.Map<HotelRoom>(hotelRoomDTO);
            hotelRoom.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now;
            hotelRoom.CreatedBy = "";
            var addedHotelRoom = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.AddAsync(hotelRoom);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<HotelRoomDTO>(addedHotelRoom.Entity);
        }

        public async Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomAsync(int roomId)
        {
            var roomDetails = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.FindAsync(roomId);
            if (roomDetails == null)
            {
                return 0;
            }

            _dbContext.HotelRooms.Remove(roomDetails);
            return await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public IAsyncEnumerable<HotelRoomDTO> GetAllHotelRoomsAsync()
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                        .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                        .AsAsyncEnumerable();
        }

        public Task<HotelRoomDTO> GetHotelRoomAsync(int roomId)
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == roomId);
        }

        public Task<HotelRoomDTO> IsRoomUniqueAsync(string name)
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRooms
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Name == name);
        }

        public async Task<HotelRoomDTO> UpdateHotelRoomAsync(int roomId, HotelRoomDTO hotelRoomDTO)
        {
            if (roomId != hotelRoomDTO.Id)
            {
                return null;
            }

            var roomDetails = await _dbContext.HotelRooms.FindAsync(roomId);
            var room = _mapper.Map(hotelRoomDTO, roomDetails);
            room.UpdatedBy = "";
            room.UpdatedDate = DateTime.Now;
            var updatedRoom = _dbContext.HotelRooms.Update(room);
            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
            return _mapper.Map<HotelRoomDTO>(updatedRoom.Entity);
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IHotelRoomService, HotelRoomService>();

         // ...